Arrangement for closing leaks in ships.



D. LUGKA.

ARRANGEMBNT FOR CLOSING LEAKS IN SHIPS.

APPLIoATIoN FILED 00123, ma.

1 l 07,680. Patented Aug. 18, 1914.

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D. LUCKA. ABRANGEMENT POR CLOSING LEAKS IN SHIPS.

APPLICATION FILED 001223, 191s.

Patented A11 .18, 1914. 0 g

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TTOR/YEY DORA LUCKA, OF VIENNA, AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.

ARRANGET/IENT FOB CLOSING LEAKS IN SHIPS.

To all `w71 om it m ng/ fo/acera Be it known that l, Doin. Leona., citif/.eness oit' rlinstria, residing' at IX l'lossanergasse Al, Vienna, Anstrial-lungary, lave invented new and use'liul Arrangements l'oi' tfllosinp; Leaks in Ships; and I do hereby declare the 'Following to be a full, clear, and exact description otI the same.

i'iitherto leaks in ships were simply closed with eakum. saileloth soaked in tar and the like, but this only rarely met the purpose, or in an iinj'ierfeet nlanuer only.

The present invention relates; to an arrangement t'or closing such leaks in ships, which consists essentially ot' a bandage which is applied in one o1' several places on the outside ol the Vessel and covers the leak, and whieh is aulliciently strong', and yet ol a small weight and elastic, so that it ean adapt'l itself in a close and as watertight a manner as j'mssible to the shape oltI the vessel and in pa rtieular the edges ot' the break or leak in the skin otl the Vessel.

,ln the aceompanying` drawings the bandage proper is shown in it'our different eonstruetional forms, while the arrangement for applying; these bandages to the skin ot the vessel is exemplified in two constructional forms.

The bandage itself consists of a layer o't asphalt which is either covered With a wire netting,` or trellis work conneeted to it by being pressed into it, or in which such a wire netting is embedded. ln place of such layer oi asphalt also a compound made et tar, resin, pitch aml the like, worked out in 'form at' a layer. may be used.

In the atmompanyinfi' drawing lligure l and il rej'u'esent such a bandage composed ot' a layer et asphalt or the likel (t with a` wire nettiun' the latter heini;l secured to the asphalt layer by haring' been pressed into the same. Figs. il and -l show a thicker bandage composed of a thicker layer ot asphalt e and a trellis b', such as may be used t'or closing' leaks of larger vessels. Fig. shovs a banda ,ege in which a wire-netting or a trellis b2 is embedded in a layer of asnhalt (lf- Fia'. (3 and T show a bandage for leaks in large vessels. This bandage consists of a layer ot' asphalt or the like cts with a wire netting' or trellis 3 pressed into it. @n the side opposite to the trellis balls c3 are embedded in the asphalt in correspondingly shaped recesses and are held in position by means of a screen e3 with corre- Speccation of Letters Patent.

Application filed Getober 23, 1913.

llatented Aue'. 18, 1914:.

serial No. 706,865.

spendingl holes, laid over them. This screen e .is again covered with a layer ot asphalt f3 and serured by means ot wire-nails y to the wire. netting' or trellis b3. For use this bandage is laid with the side, :from which the ballsl et project, against the side oil the ship, the balls haringl the objeet. olf facilitating the adjustment of the bandage along the skin ot' the ship. Figs. Cl-l0 illustrate a coin struetional form ol the arrangement for applying thebamlage to the injln'ed part ot the skin of the vessel.

'lhis arrangement consists ol two or more ropes attached to the bandage A, each of these ropes leading' to a portable rope winch placed on the deck ot' the vessel. lVhen the vessel receives a leak 17e, the arrangement described is taken to the bow ol" the resi-fel and the bandage with the ropes is dropped erer boa rd, so that the ropes with the bandage altaehed thereto encircle the body ot the \'e.-ssel. Then the Winches 'i on deck are moved to a position eorrespomling to the leak and there tixcd. The ropes are now tightened by turning the winehes and thereby7 the bandage gradually moved over the leak and pressed tiglltly against it. lt' the leak Ais larger than the bandage. first a part ot the leak is covered with one bandage and the remaining' open part ol. the leak is covered with 'l'nrtller bandages. After the leak has been thus covered and the water, which has entered into the ship has been pumped out, the injured part of the ships skin can be closed from the inside by means et plates and the like.

.'\ccordin;' to the eonstruetiomll form shown in Figs. 1l and 12 rollers m are titted to thc body ot' the vessel. and over these rollers run endless ropes, wire ropes and the like` fn, encircling the body of the vessel. letu'eeu ear-,h two ot these ropes a bandage A is secured. The endless ropes are run on deck over loose pulleys o, which are fitted to coupled shafts p, which may be engaged by means `oil? a toothed clutch or the like. These shafts are driven by suitable means, preferably an electric motor r. lVhen a leak is sprune', that shaft is driven, over which the ropes n. run carrying the bandage which must be operated for closing the respective leak. If the leak is longer than the length of one bandage, the neighboring bandage is also used, and may also be eonneeted to the preceding bandage by means of an auxiliary bandage. When the leak is higher than the brmdth ol' one bznidng'e, n seeenil brinde e may be secured to the ropes 'n above the n st` bandage. Il? in e e'ollisien or sonie other accident tufo neighboringgl ropes n should be injured bandages A of a suitable length are secured to Jche next neighboring; ropes.

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l. ln a breech inet for vessels, the combinfition et e sheet oli' material comprising asphalt; :ind a Wire netting embedded therein.

f2. ln e breach niet for vessels, the conn binntion ot e sheetl of usphult. containing nuiteriel; end :i wire netting embedded in one flxee thereof,

:3. A breech inzit t'or vessels eoniprising e. thick layer ol1 'lexible materiel; n plurality ol bells embedded in the inner face thereof;

und e cover placed on said inner fece and having; holes through which the bells project, whereby the balls nre held in pleee.

als. he breech niet Yfor vessels, comprisingl e thick layer el' tleiible materiel; a plurality oit bulls einl'iedded in the inner hice thereof; a netting' pressed in the outer fece thereof; and :i oever placed on s' inner face :1nd haring holes through which the bells project, whereby the bells are held in place.

i breech niet for vessels, co1nprising- :i thick layer eli lexlble material; a plurality ot' bells embedded in the inner fece thereol; e netting pressed in the outer face moc/,eso

thereof; e cover placed on said inner face and having holes through which the balls project, whereby the balls are held in place; und another ayer of flexible materiel over said cover.

6. A breech met for Vessels comprising a thick layer of asphalt having recesses in one fece thereof; e Wire netting pressed inte the other face or seid layer; bells seated in said recesses respectively und projecting therelroin; e screen having holes registering with the respective bells und leid over the bulls und hohfling` thein in place; und an additional layer ol asphalt covering seid screen.

'l'. in apparatus for placing breech nuits on the sides of ships, the ceinbinzition, with the ship, ot n plurulity el pairs ot' pulleys supported on opposite sides ot the ship; ropes er the like disposed on corresponding opposite pulleys and passed under the ship; niets carried by each pair of ropes; si source of power; ineens for et will connecting eertein of seid pairs of pulleys to seid source ot power und idler pulleys under seid ship and about, Vwhich the ropes pass.

.ln testimony whereof, l have signed my naine to this specification in the presence ot' two subscribing; Witnesses:

DORA LUCK..

llllitnesse KARL RUBIOINY, AUGUST FUGGER.

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